On September 25th the United States Postal Service announced proposed price changes that will go into effect in January 2014. Mail owners, who cannot participate by late January 2014, could lose their automation discounts and experience additional postage costs as high as 10% of their 2013 postage bill. This presentation breaks down the rate increases and what this means for publishers.
How the USPS Rate Increases Will Affect Publishers
1. How the 2014 USPS Rate Increases
Will Affect Publishers
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5. PRICE INCREASE OVERVIEW
Postage prices will be above the inflation-based price cap to generate $2 billion in revenue in 2014
Total average increase of 6% on market dominant products
• CPI (1.6%) + Exigent (4.3%)
Lower price for metered postage
• First-class mail single piece stamp $0.49
• First-class mail single piece meter $0.48
Introduction of FSS pricing
• FSS bundle and container preparation required in FSS zones
• Prices encourage entry at FSS facility
Continues full-service IMB incentives
• First-class mail: $ 0.003 each or $ 3.00 per m
• Standard mail and periodicals: $ 0.001 or $ 1.00 per m
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7. VALUE OF IMB PROGRAM
Intelligent mail barcodes offer opportunities to improve the value of your mail channel
• Maintain automation discounts – represents as much as 8% to
10% of postage costs
• Qualify for participation in future mail programs
• Ensure deliveries are made in a timely manner
• Synchronize multi-channel marketing
• No charge for address change notices
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8. WHAT DOES THIS MEAN FOR YOU
This impacts all of us:
magazines, journals, catalogs, and printers
Printers:
So,ware
updates
&
procedural
changes
Publishers:
Educa9on,
postal
registra9on
(IMB
benefits)
USPS:
Cash-‐flow/revenue;
beHer
visibility
into
mail
flows
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9. STRATEGIES YOU CAN USE
1. Evaluate co-mailing or drop
shipping opportunities
2. Explore additional options to
generate more revenue using
enclosures
3. Address mail hygiene
4. Offset increases with
additional revenue
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11. CENVEO VALUE CHAIN
Giving you the best ROI for every postal dollar you spend
Address
matching
De-‐dupe
Remove
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Pre-‐sort
Co-‐mail/
drop
ship
Intelligent
mail
Mail
strategies
Distribu9on